connectionStringAuth.js

// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
// Licensed under the MIT License.

/**
 * @summary authenticate with the storage service using a connection string
 */

const { BlobServiceClient } = require("@azure/storage-blob");

// Load the .env file if it exists
require("dotenv/config");

async function main() {
  // Create Blob Service Client from Account connection string or SAS connection string
  // Account connection string example - `DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=myaccount;AccountKey=accountKey;EndpointSuffix=core.windows.net`
  // SAS connection string example - `BlobEndpoint=https://myaccount.blob.core.windows.net/;QueueEndpoint=https://myaccount.queue.core.windows.net/;FileEndpoint=https://myaccount.file.core.windows.net/;TableEndpoint=https://myaccount.table.core.windows.net/;SharedAccessSignature=sasString`
  const STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING = process.env.STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING || "";
  // Note - Account connection string can only be used in node.
  const blobServiceClient = BlobServiceClient.fromConnectionString(STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING);

  let i = 1;
  for await (const container of blobServiceClient.listContainers()) {
    console.log(`Container ${i++}: ${container.name}`);
  }

  // Create a container
  const containerName = `newcontainer${new Date().getTime()}`;
  const containerClient = blobServiceClient.getContainerClient(containerName);

  const createContainerResponse = await containerClient.create();
  console.log(`Create container ${containerName} successfully`, createContainerResponse.requestId);

  // Delete container
  await containerClient.delete();

  console.log("deleted container");
}

main().catch((error) => {
  console.error(error);
  process.exit(1);
});